How to Prove the Other Parent's Income in Child Support Court

It can sometimes be difficult to get the child support you deserve; part of the process is proving the other parent's income to the judge. There are several different avenues you can try in your efforts to get this information. 

• Serve the person you are trying to get child support from with interrogatories in the very beginning when you first file. This way the person will have to go under oath when they are answering questions about their income.


• Serve subpoenas to all parties who know about the parent’s income. It is important that this be done in the beginning of the process, so after they go under oath it can be determined whether or not they lied.


• Cross examine the person while you are in court. If you know they are lying, ask the judge to look over the documents and have the person read out loud what it is that they say about their income and see what type of explanation they will have once they see you have done your homework.


• Ask questions about monthly expenses when in court. This is a good thing to do because some things can be paid for in cash and no one will ever know about them since there is no paper trail. However, if you have knowledge about these things you can subpoena the person who is either paying them the cash or the person they are spending the money with.